Sandy Shanks
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Why is it Trump cannot keep good help? Why is it he has a hard time finding good help? Why is it he is forced to cannibalize his staff for replacements?
Maybe it has something to do with his policies. He trashed a working agreement with Iran that permanently barred the mullahs from making a nuke. He unilaterally declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel, thereby removing the U.S. as a power broker in the Mideast. He removed the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accords and thinks global warming is a Chinese hoax. At a summit in Helsinki, Trump rejected American intelligence and believed Putin because the Russian dictator sounded sincere. In December, Trump offered surrender terms to Russia and her ally, Iran, in Syria by ordering the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. troops from the country.
On the domestic front, the Great Negotiator has yet to finalize a trade agreement with anyone. His high tariffs threaten the powerful American economy as well as the global trading network. In December, Trump ordered an immediate government shutdown because he wanted $5.7B for a 230-mile barrier for a 2,000 mile border. The shutdown became the longest in American history and with harmful results for millions of Americans.
Trump is the least popular President in modern American history.
Currently, he initiated a Constitutional crisis that is creating chaos within his own party. A Democratic resolution from the House to terminate Trump's imaginary national emergency is likely to pass in the GOP-controlled Senate. In supporting Trump, Republicans in Congress must agree to weaken a fundamental power of Congress -- control of the purse strings of our government. They must also support a horrible precedent that further erodes the power of Congress. If a President does not get his way, he can declare a national emergency and get it that way.
As a consequence Trump cannot keep the help and has difficulty finding replacements. His chief of staff came over from the DHS. Then he quit. His replacement came over from the OMB and is an acting COS. His economic advisor came over from Fox News. His national security advisor came over from Fox News. His state department spokesperson came over from Fox News, then became his nominee for U.N. ambassador, but she quite before she got started. His U.N. ambassador quit months ago. Trump has not named her replacement. His SecDef quit in December because of his surrender to Russia. Trump has not named his replacement.
Trump's Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats, told a Senate committee the truth about North Korea, ISIS, and Russia. Trump did not like the truth being told, and a close friend of his, Chris Ruddy, tells us Coats may be on the chopping block.
Andrew McCabe served as the acting director of the FBI. McCabe, working with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, stated that during the days after Comey was fired, “the highest levels of American law enforcement were trying to figure out what to do with the President,” even exploring the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment to have Trump removed from office.
Under the circumstances, that might not be a bad idea.
Oh, incidentally, Rosenstein is quitting, too.
Maybe it has something to do with his policies. He trashed a working agreement with Iran that permanently barred the mullahs from making a nuke. He unilaterally declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel, thereby removing the U.S. as a power broker in the Mideast. He removed the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accords and thinks global warming is a Chinese hoax. At a summit in Helsinki, Trump rejected American intelligence and believed Putin because the Russian dictator sounded sincere. In December, Trump offered surrender terms to Russia and her ally, Iran, in Syria by ordering the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. troops from the country.
On the domestic front, the Great Negotiator has yet to finalize a trade agreement with anyone. His high tariffs threaten the powerful American economy as well as the global trading network. In December, Trump ordered an immediate government shutdown because he wanted $5.7B for a 230-mile barrier for a 2,000 mile border. The shutdown became the longest in American history and with harmful results for millions of Americans.
Trump is the least popular President in modern American history.
Currently, he initiated a Constitutional crisis that is creating chaos within his own party. A Democratic resolution from the House to terminate Trump's imaginary national emergency is likely to pass in the GOP-controlled Senate. In supporting Trump, Republicans in Congress must agree to weaken a fundamental power of Congress -- control of the purse strings of our government. They must also support a horrible precedent that further erodes the power of Congress. If a President does not get his way, he can declare a national emergency and get it that way.
As a consequence Trump cannot keep the help and has difficulty finding replacements. His chief of staff came over from the DHS. Then he quit. His replacement came over from the OMB and is an acting COS. His economic advisor came over from Fox News. His national security advisor came over from Fox News. His state department spokesperson came over from Fox News, then became his nominee for U.N. ambassador, but she quite before she got started. His U.N. ambassador quit months ago. Trump has not named her replacement. His SecDef quit in December because of his surrender to Russia. Trump has not named his replacement.
Trump's Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats, told a Senate committee the truth about North Korea, ISIS, and Russia. Trump did not like the truth being told, and a close friend of his, Chris Ruddy, tells us Coats may be on the chopping block.
Andrew McCabe served as the acting director of the FBI. McCabe, working with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, stated that during the days after Comey was fired, “the highest levels of American law enforcement were trying to figure out what to do with the President,” even exploring the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment to have Trump removed from office.
Under the circumstances, that might not be a bad idea.
Oh, incidentally, Rosenstein is quitting, too.
